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In the midst of a five-game road trip, the Miami Heat travel to Utah to take on the Jazz, with tip-off set to be at 9:30 p.m. EST.

The Heat are coming off an ugly 127-110 loss to the Portland Trail Blazers, who more than doubled the Heat up from 3-point range (20-9). Portland was led by Shaedon Sharpe’s 27 points, outscoring the Heat in the second half, 63-47.

Miami is 1-2 on its current road trip, with its lone win coming in Sacramento earlier this week. The Jazz, meanwhile, are losers of four of their last five, including a 126-109 loss to the San Antonio Spurs in their most recent affair.

Utah is currently 15-30, four games back of the Dallas Mavericks for the No. 12 seed and 5.5 games back of the Los Angeles Clippers for the fourth-and-final play-in spot. It is two wins away from matching last year’s win total (17). Keyonte George is blossoming into a legitimate star, averaging 24.4 points, 6.7 assists and 1.1 steals on 45.9 percent shooting, 38.3 percent from 3-point range and 90.4 percent from the free-throw line.

This game will mark the first of two matchups between the Heat and Jazz. What are your bold(est) predictions?! Let us know in the comments!

Injury Report (at the time of this publishing):

Utah Jazz:

Elijah Harkless (G-League) — OUT

Walker Kessler (shoulder) — OUT

Kevin Love (knee) — OUT

Lauri Markkanen (return to conditioning) — QUESTIONABLE

Georges Niang (foot) — OUT

Jusuf Nurkic (illness) — DOUBTFUL

John Tonje (G-League) — OUT

Oscar Tshiebwe (G-League) — OUT

Miami Heat:  

Kel’el Ware (hamstring) — QUESTIONABLE

Pelle Larsson (finger) — PROBABLE

Davion Mitchell (shoulder) — QUESTIONABLE

Norman Powell (back) — QUESTIONABLE

Tyler Herro (ribs) — OUT

Jahmir Young (G-League) — OUT

Vlad Goldin (G-League) — OUT

Terry Rozier (not with team) — OUT

Projected Starting 5 (subject to change):

Utah Jazz:

Keyonte George, G

Svi Mykhailiuk, G

Cody Williams, F

Ace Bailey, F

Kyle Filipowski, F/C

Miami Heat:

Davion Mitchell, G

Norman Powell, G

Pelle Larsson, G/F

Andrew Wiggins, F

Bam Adebayo, C

Broadcast Info:

Tipoff: 9:30 PM EST

TV: FanDuel Sports Network Sun (Eric Reid & John Crotty)

Radio: AM 560 Sports WQAM & The HEAT Radio Network (Jason Jackson)

Spanish Radio: WAQI 710 AM & The HEAT Spanish Radio Network (José Pañeda)

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